Russia added the Canadian dollar
to its international reserves, said Alexei Ulyukayev, first
deputy chairman of Russia’s central bank.

“We have recently begun investing in assets denominated in
the Canadian dollar,” Ulyukayev said today in an interview in
Moscow. “So far the amounts are very small, but there’s perhaps
potential for increasing our holdings. We haven’t started
investing in the Australian dollar yet. So far we are just
considering the possibility of including it in the list of
currencies allowed for reserve allocation.”